tenacity amy my dad said to me, amy you are like me. it is in the genes. we are loners. people do not want to be our friends. it's tricky, dad. but you can't control people, you have to work with them, however it's possible to work with the particular person in question. everybody's different and you have to respect them. you may or may not get what you want, you may or may not find camaraderie. it's all some particular situation, not some overriding principle about the nature of our own beings. if we share anything, it is how to isolate ourselves and not the isolation itself. there's nothing solid or stable about it. 040107 ... kyla We--human beings--wield the power to venerate and uplift those around us with the offering of our mere interest and attention; but we are inconsistent and tired. People slip under our notice--they are many, and not everyone has the chance to make a mark. Tenacious goodwill has always been a subtle form of social justice. 040117 ... stoic us. a series of individuals who are together. humankind and society is confusing. . 040117 what's it to you? who go blather from